{"63651":{"#nid":"63651","#data":{"type":"event","title":"\u0022Knowing Pakistan\u0022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn an effort to increase our understanding and knowledge of nations around the world, the Pakistan Student Association and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cyberbuzz.gatech.edu\/fulbright\/\u0022\u003EFulbright Student Association (FSA)\u003C\/a\u003E are launching a series of sessions where scholars from different nationalities share their perspectives on general and specific topics of a given country or region.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe first session of this series is entitled \u0022Knowing Pakistan\u0022. The session will give an overview of Pakistan as a country from a Pakistani and from an American perspective, to complement the image of Pakistan given to us by the popular media.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENaveed Ahmed\u003C\/strong\u003E, a Fulbright Scholar from Pakistan who is pursuing a masters degree in mechanical engineering at Georgia Tech, will give a\u0026nbsp;brief introduction about the history of the country, its culture, natural beauty and perception of the world from a Pakistani perspective.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECaroline Ryan\u003C\/strong\u003E, an U.S. Fulbright Scholar, will then\u0026nbsp;offer a brief introduction to the history of the country (from an American perspective) and the history of the presence of the Presbyterian Church and their schools in the Punjab province. She will focus in the importance of investment in the education of the children of Pakistan especially in the rural\/village areas.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA question and answer session will follow\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn an effort to increase our understanding and knowledge of nations around the world, the Fulbright Student Association (FSA) is launching in 2011 a series of sessions where scholars from different nationalities can share their perspectives on general and specific topics of a given country or region.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Part of the Fulbright Student Association\u0027s Sessions to Promote Understanding Among Nations"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2011-01-18 12:21:42","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:53:48","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-01-20T17:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2011-01-20T18:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-01-20T18:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-01-20 22:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-01-20 23:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-01-20 23:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/cyberbuzz.gatech.edu\/fulbright\/","title":"Fulbright Student Association at Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/cyberbuzz.gatech.edu\/psa\/","title":"Pakistan Student Association at Georgia Tech"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"736","name":"diversity"},{"id":"369","name":"Fulbright"},{"id":"8320","name":"pakistan"},{"id":"11651","name":"understanding"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1791","name":"Student sponsored"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:wkhan3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ETalha Khan\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPakistan Student Association\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}